MAT 685, Spring 2017

Topics in Computational Mathematics: C++ Programming for Mathematicians

• Syllabus
• Homework Assignments
• Study guides:
  • Test 1
  • Test 2
• Schedule
• Slides used in class:
  • Introduction and “welcome”
  • C++ basics, very basics
  • Numbers and types
  • Computing the GCD: procedures, recursion, and loops
  • Bézout’s Identity: passing arguments by reference
  • Random numbers and Monte Carlo algorithms
  • Arrays of prime pairs
  • Points and classes
  • Containers
  • A modular class
  • Inheriting a ring
• Material for final assignment (Rings library):
  • Source code (with incomplete polynomial.cpp file)
  • Documentation on the Rings library